Chris Goodin

Research Faculty at CAVS (Center for Advanced Vehicular systems)

Education

B.S. in mathematics and physics from Mississippi College

M.S. and Ph.D. in physics from Vanderbilt University 

Fields of Research/Interest

- Simulation of Autonomous Ground Vehicles

- Ray-tracing/rendering

- Lidar simulation

- Surface roughness theory and applications 

Publications 

Goodin, C., Sharma, S., Doude, M., Carruth, D. W.Dabbiru, L., & Hudson, C. R. (2019). Training of Neural Networks with Automated Labeling of Simulated Sensor Data. SAE Technical Paper 2019-01-0120. Detroit, MI. DOI:10.4271/2019-01-0120. [Abstract] [Document Site]

Goodin, C.Carruth, D. W., Doude, M., & Hudson, C. R. (2019). Predicting the Influence of Rain on LIDAR in ADAS. Electronics. MDPI. 8(1), 89. DOI:10.3390/electronics8010089. [Abstract] [Document] [Document Site]

Hudson, C. R.Goodin, C., Doude, M., & Carruth, D. W. (2018). Analysis of Dual LIDAR Placement for Off-Road Autonomy Using MAVS. 2018 World Symposium on Digital Intelligence for Systems and Machines (DISA). Košice, Slovakia: IEEE. DOI:10.1111/soin.12230. [Abstract] [Document Site]

Goodin, C., Doude, M., Hudson, C. R., & Carruth, D. W. (2018). Enabling Off-Road Autonomous Navigation-Simulation of LIDAR in Dense Vegetation. Electronics. MDPI. 7(9), 154. DOI:10.3390/electronics7090154. [Abstract] [Document] [Document Site]

Durst, P. J., Goodin, C., Anderson, D., & Bethel, C. L. (2017). A Reference Autonomous Mobility Model. 50th Winter Simulation Conference (WSC 2017). Las Vegas, NV. 

Other

From 2008-2017, Goodin worked with the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) in Vicksburg, MS. Since 2017, Dr. Goodin has been a research faculty with the Center for Advanced Vehicular Systems, Mississippi State University.